海洋固的趋同估计
Wei-Lei Wang1, J Keith Moore1, Adam C Martiny1,2
1Department of Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Nature
|February 15, 2019
概括
海洋固对于海洋碳循环至关重要. 这项研究显示全球固率和生物碳出口率高于此前的估计,受营养比例和动物浮游生物放牧的影响.
科学领域:
- 海洋地质化学
- 海洋学
- 生态学
背景情况:
- 我们对海洋和碳循环对环境变化的反应的理解不足.
- 局部测量使得绘制固定分布图和确定生态驱动因素具有挑战性.
研究的目的:
- 使用逆生物化学和预测海洋模型提供海洋固定的趋同估计.
- 调查营养比例,外部输入和上下放牧对固和碳出口的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用反向生物地化学模型来估计固定.
- 使用预测海洋模型模拟固和碳出口.
- 分析出口有机物中与的空间变异性.
主要成果:
- 已证明出口有机物与的比例具有显著的空间变化,从而增加了全球固定率.
- 发现新的固定和外部输入在亚热带旋转中贡献高达50%的碳出口.
- 观测到固和脱的空间脱,但在过去的几十年中,总体源和槽似乎是平衡的.
结论:
- 建议动物浮游生物在控制全球固模式方面发挥重要作用.
- 表明海洋中的生物碳出口量高于此前的估计.
- 表明稳定循环反比预期的弱.
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